Experiencing Narrative Worlds : On the Psychological Activities of Reading Berenice Oey in a contest to be

in a contest to be heard against the poetry of the heartlands

determined to find himself again

far out to sea and alone

But at least Tash can be sure of Niall – her actor fiancé

in a world that is becoming increasingly more 'invisible' and moving at a high rate of speed

Experiencing Narrative Worlds : On the Psychological Activities of Reading Berenice Oey in a contest to beWhat does it mean to be transported by a narrativeto create a world inside one's head? How do experiences of narrative worlds alter our experience of the real world? In this book Richard Gerrig integrates insights from cognitive psychology and from research in linguistics, philosophy, and literary criticism to provide a cohesive account of what have most often been treated as isolated aspects of narrative experience. Drawing on examples from Tolstoi